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FYI you don't necessarily have to do a video essay on Star Wars. SFDebris has already done a really indepth examination on its creation all the way up to the sale to Disney.

https://sfdebris.com/videos/special/herosjourney.php

https://sfdebris.com/videos/special/shadowsjourney.php

https://sfdebris.com/videos/special/hermitsjourney.php

Lucas at least had an excuse - he had no idea if Star Wars was going to be successful so it makes sense for him to not have a plan beyond a vague outline.

Disney paid FOUR BILLION DOLLARS for the thing. They KNEW they were going to make a trilogy, it was practically demanded of the price tag. They had no excuse for not having a plan other than a cargo-cult style belief that if it worked for Lucas it would work for them. (which just makes it all that much dumber)

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"(I time-stamped his hilarious reaction, but you can also watch the whole video if you’re interested.)"

I dig wendigoon and will probably watch the whole video later, but the timestamp seems to have not worked. Which reaction point do you intend?

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